Following the 2015 election, the Prime Minister promised ‘blue-collar Conservatism’, which he said was about 'giving everyone in our country the chance to get on, with the dignity of a job, the pride of a paycheque, a home of their own and the security and peace of mind that comes from being able to support a family.' This is fringe meeting will hear from a range of experts and commentators on this agenda and the Government's progress in pursuing it.

Labour | 2020: winning on the economy and on social justice

Monday 28th September 2015, 17.30 - 19.00

Hilton Metropole Hotel, Brighton - Hall 7 - Wye

Chair: Polly Toynbee

Panel speakers: Matthew Pennycook, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich; Emran Mian, Director of the Social Market Foundation; John McTernan, political consultant and columnist; Alison Garnham, Chief Executive of CPAG.

With child poverty set to rise, the event will debate how Labour can win in 2020 on an economically credible, socially just platform incorporating distinctive policies to end child poverty. It will discuss whether welfare reform can end the poverty trap and how we can improve levels of parental employment.

With child poverty set to rise, the event will debate how Liberal Democrats can win votes through distinctive liberal policies to end child poverty. It will address whether welfare reform can end the poverty trap and how we can improve levels of parental employment. And how should the party build on its extension of free school meals to infants?